In Making Friends, The Lost Rung’s Josh Mitchell and Adam Jackson only really half deliver on their mission statement of doing “highly physical absurdist comedy”. The show is essentially 50 minutes of the duo proving that they can do muscular physical performance, but perhaps they need to hone their comedy-show chops.

The issue with Making Friends is its ADHD, which may sound fun on paper, but ultimately makes for a frustrating lack of focus. In a nutshell, the show charts the breakdown of the friendship between a pair of motivational speakers running a seminar on friendship. But Mitchell and Jackson go on more than a few tangents – some more successful than others – that ruminate on the nature of contemporary friendship. (And if you’ve already guessed that this mean there’s a Facebook skit, you’re absolutely correct.)

Despite The Lost Rung’s facility with dance, Making Friends contains surprisingly little physical comedy. Buried amongst the pre-recorded skits, musical bits and audience participation you’ll find only the odd nugget of physical performance. Other vignettes in the show include a pre-recorded puppet show (lovingly crafted; actually quite funny) and a mockumentary about friendship (cute; a little patchy).

I suppose it demonstrates an admirable dedication to breaking neither character nor script that the show rarely deviates from course, but a little extra looseness couldn’t go astray. Even the audience participation bits don’t leave much room to move.

Mitchell and Jackson work hard, but ultimately the laughs are sporadic. Do, however, hang in there for the surprise sentimentality of their totally endearing guitar- and ukulele-driven closing musical number.